We reflect on our 2023 goals, one year of podcasting, and recap some of our favorite things of the year.

We talk about the recent tiktoks on Asian only friend groups with special guest Riya. --- If you have feedback, we would love to hear it. Please reach out to us IRL, via Twitter DM, or email: me [at] eliqian.com Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MinimallyEdited Website: https://minimallyedited.com

Everyone is back at school! We talk about how we're settling in, what books we want to read, and do some follow up on last episode. --- If you have feedback, we would love to hear it. Please reach out to us IRL, via Twitter DM, or email: me [at] eliqian.com Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MinimallyEdited Website: https://minimallyedited.com

Eli finally understands how Josh feels. Josh also learns how Chris feels. An episode about personality tradeoffs and being a social facilitator. --- Good conversations have lots of doorknobs --- If you have feedback, we would love to hear it. Please reach out to us IRL, via Twitter DM, or email: me [at] eliqian.com Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MinimallyEdited Website: https://minimallyedited.com

Where we've been and where we're going. --- If you have feedback, we would love to hear it. Please reach out to us IRL, via Twitter DM, or email: me [at] eliqian.com Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MinimallyEdited Website: https://minimallyedited.com

In place of a regular episode, please enjoy this conversation between Eli and Manansh Shukla. Manansh is a good friend of Eli and they have a conversation that touches on user research, Farcaster, asking good questions, and more. Note: this was originally recorded in Nov 2022 --- If you have feedback, we would love to hear it. Please reach out to us IRL, via Twitter DM, or email: me [at] eliqian.com Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MinimallyEdited Website: https://minimallyedited.com

We answer some of the questions from the NYT 36 questions that lead to love. --- If you have feedback, we would love to hear it. Please reach out to us IRL, via Twitter DM, or email: me [at] eliqian.com Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MinimallyEdited Website: https://minimallyedited.com

In this wide-ranging episode, Eli shares a revelation he had about music, we talk about different mindsets towards pain, and we debate what it means to be "clutch." --- If you have feedback, we would love to hear it. Please reach out to us IRL, via Twitter DM, or email: me [at] eliqian.com Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MinimallyEdited Website: https://minimallyedited.com

Inspired by a few essays, we talk about why it would fun to live close to friends, settling down, and our thoughts on friendships as adults. Links: You'd Be Happier Living Closer to Friends. Why Don't You? Things you're allowed to do WHAT IF FRIENDSHIP, NOT MARRIAGE, WAS AT THE CENTER OF LIFE? Brian Ju's YouTube channel --- If you have feedback, we would love to hear it. Please reach out to us IRL, via Twitter DM, or email: me [at] eliqian.com Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MinimallyEdited Website: https://minimallyedited.com

We talk about our thoughts on the college application process and share some advice. We also discuss how our perspectives have changed now that some of us are on the other side—deciding whether kids get into the teams/organizations we're part of. --- If you have feedback, we would love to hear it. Please reach out to us IRL, via Twitter DM, or email: me [at] eliqian.com Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MinimallyEdited Website: https://minimallyedited.com